Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Tuetoes Hills

…tion including an inland example of acid dune grassland dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria. This type of vegetation, formerly characteristic of active inland dunes of the north Lincolnshire Coversands, is now rare in Lincolnshire and very restricted in its distribution nation…

Laughton Common

…osella and the moss Dicranum scoparium with less frequent amounts of sand sedge Carex arenaria, field wood rush Luzula campestris, tormentil Potentilla erecta, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium and, more locally, wavy hair grass Desc…

White Park Bay

…ransfers. The dunes are fronted by a narrow band of colonising marram Ammophila arenaria and sand couch Elytrigia juncea. More stable fore dunes inland support a complex mosaic of different vegetation communities, some of which are very species-rich. marram Ammophila arenaria rem…

Red Rocks

…ckish influence decreases. Creeping bent, red fescue, sea club rush, sand sedge Carex arenaria, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common sedge Carex nigra and sea rush are the species most characteristic of this slack community. Long bracted sedge Carex extensa, lesser centaury Centau…

Barns Ness Coast

…um, sea meadow-grass Puccinellia maritima and various sedges such as sand sedge Carex arenaria, distant sedge Carex distans and long-bracted sedge Carex extensa. A good diversity of birds, butterflies, day flying moths and invertebrates also add to the interest of the site.

Overstrand Cliffs

…Trisetum flavescens; the herbs ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, sand sedge Carex arenaria, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, black medick Medicago lupulina and yarrow Achillea millefolium. On the sandier soils a community with cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata, sand sed…

Murlough

… with taller grey dunes behind, where the sand is more stable. Marram Ammophila arenaria plays the dominant role in dune-building processes over much of the yellow dunes, with occasional small stands of Lyme-grass Leymus arenarius and scattered plants of Portland spurge Euphorbia…

Besthorpe Warren

…acid grassland and an inland example of dune grassland, dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria. Formerly characteristic of active inland dunes associated with the north Lincolnshire and east Nottinghamshire Coversands, this type of vegetation is now rare in the East Midlands and …

Berrow Dunes

…is. Other species associated with these communities include long bracted sedge Carex extensa, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea rush Juncus maritimus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, common sea lave…

Studland & Godlingston Heaths

…eaward edge, giving way quickly to the dominant cover of marram grass Ammophila arenaria. Sand sedge Carex arenaria and the herbs sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella and sheep’s bit Jasione montana are frequent and the uncommon dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata also occurs. The dune …

Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths

…dium aquilinum. Other species associated with this heathland include sand sedge Carex arenaria, pill sedge Carex pilulifera, heath wood rush Luzula multiflora, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and the lichens Cladonia im…

Bann Estuary

…n the spring. The fore dune or white dune zone is dominated by marram Ammophila arenaria. These dunes have a sparse herb flora typified by cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata and ragwort Senecio jacobaea. The most extensive vegetation communities are associated with the zone of semi-s…

Spey Bay

… dwarf-shrub heath and grassland resemble maritime cliff vegetation. Sand sedge Carex arenaria and marram grass Ammophila arenaria occur more frequently in the west of the site due to the increasing importance of sand. Damp shingle slacks with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, b…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…on restharrow Ononis repens, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, and marram Ammophila arenaria, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, sand sedge Carex arenaria and sea rocket Cakile maritima on the fore dunes and strandlines. Scrub and woodland fringe the dune grassland at Manorbier and the sma…

Ruxley Gravel Pits

…f sedges. Overall, ten species of sedge have been recorded including sand sedge Carex arenaria and the very local panicled sedge Carex paniculata. Among the bankside vegetation is the uncommon glaucous club rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani and one of the very few London statio…

Rinns of Islay

…asslands. The dunes are fixed in place by plants such as marram grass Ammophila arenaria, lyme grass Leymus arenarius and sand sedge Carex arenaria. The dune slacks (wet hollows) can be vegetated where the water table is sufficiently high, and are often quite species-rich, includ…

Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh

…wide zone of species rich, undulating fixed dunes dominated by marram Ammophila arenaria, red fescue Festuca rubra and sand sedge Carex arenaria. In this zone there is a great variety of slopes and aspects, but because of the underlying shingle, wet dune slacks have not developed…

Gibraltar Point

…er inland the dunes are more stable and are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria, associated with lyme grass Leymus arenarius, sand sedge Carex arenaria and the sand dune form of red fescue Festuca rubra. Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis is common on the mature lim…

Magilligan

…n is more gradual. The yellow dunes are covered by tussocks of marram Ammophila arenaria and small amounts of sand couch Elytrigia juncea, with occasional sea sandwort Honkenya peploides on the strandline of the upper shore. The grey dunes have a more diverse plant community. Alt…

Risby Warren

… of the site have been stabilised by the introduction of marram grass Ammophila arenaria during the 1920’s. Other plants associated with the dunes include sand sedge Carex arenaria buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common cudweed Filago vulgaris. The dunes grade into a …

Gugh

…nd at the end of the tombolo supports a small dune system with marram Ammophila arenaria and sand couch Elytrigia juncea dominant. The adjacent dune grassland has sand sedge Carex arenaria, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and the only record in Scilly for viper’s bugloss Ec…

Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)

…ditions. The narrow coastal dune system behind is dominated by marram Ammophila arenaria which is backed by a small area of dune grassland with sand sedge Carex arenaria, red fescue Festuca rubra, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, th…

Pentle Bay, Merrick and Round Islands

… ‘cliff line’, a belt of sand dunes have formed in which marram grass Ammophila arenaria is characteristically dominant. A number of associated dune grassland species occur including sand sedge Carex arenaria and the nationally scarce Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, sea st…

Scotton Beck Fields

…mentil Potentilla erecta, field wood rush Luzula campestris, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and creeping willow Salix repens. The northern field is an inland site for sand sedge Carex arenaria. In the southern field is an area of impeded drainage where heather Calluna vulgaris…

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

…dune grassland. Characteristic sand dune species include marram grass Ammophila arenaria, lyme-grass Leymus arenarius, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, restharrow Ononis repens and sand sedge Carex arenaria. A shingle strandline community with sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea…

North Norfolk Coast

…unes are further consolidated by the binding rhizomes of marram grass Ammophila arenaria and several other species occur including sea holly Eryngium maritimum, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sand sedge Carex arenaria. The vegetation is most diverse on the stable grey dune…

Dunnet Links

…sandwort Honckenya peploides. The dunes are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria. Blown shell-sand has created one of the largest areas of links grassland on mainland Scotland with an outstanding diversity of plant species. Short, fine grasses such as red fescue Festuca r…

Hesketh Golf Links

…n Plantago lanceolata, red fescue, early hair grass Aira praecox and sand sedge Carex arenaria with cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, lesser hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis, marram grass Ammophila arenaria, common rest-harrow Ononis repens and creeping…

Gwithian to Mexico Towans

…acked by an extensive range of fixed dunes, dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria, with species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, wild carrot Daucus carota and sand sedge Carex arenaria. In addition sea spurge Euphorbia paralias and Portl…

Morfa Harlech

… nationally important marine biotope, muddy gravel with the sand gaper clam Mya arenaria and polychaetes is abundant in certain areas of the estuary. Within the poorly drained muddy saltmarsh channels, estuary ragworm Hediste diversicolor and the peppery furrow shell Scrobiculari…

Climping Beach

…table. Stablilised parts of these dunes are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria. Other plants which are present include dune fescue grass Vulpia fasciculata, red fescue grass Festuca rubra, sand catchfly Silene conica, sand sedge Carex arenaria, viper’s bugloss Echium vu…

Sinah Common

…stonecrop Crassula tillaea, toothed medick Medicago polymorpha and dotted sedge Carex punctata. Sinah Common SSSI comprises a complex of maritime habitats which extend for over two kilometres eastwards from the south western extremity of Hayling Island, Hampshire. Gunner Pointa…

Rock Dunes

…ytrigia juncea. Further inland, as salt levels decrease, marram grass Ammophila arenaria becomes dominant with frequent common cornsalad Valerianella locusta, wild carrot Daucus carota and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus. There is occasional sand sedge Carex arenaria, and yellow-wor…

Penhale Dunes

… majority of the dunes are fixed grey dunes colonised by marram grass Ammophila arenaria, and red fescue Festuca rubra. They support species such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, wild carrot Daucus carota, rest-harrow Ononis repens, sand sedge Carex arenaria, and Portland sp…

Christchurch Harbour

…. The drains hold reed, reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima and greater pond sedge Carex riparia as well as the uncommon and attractive flowering rush Butomus umbellatus. Dry heathy grassland occurs on Hengistbury Head. The dominant grasses are bents, Agrostis spp. but patches are d…

Morton Lochs

…nd a range of fen and reed swamp vegetation types, including greater pond-sedge Carex riparia, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria and sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus. On drier land to the west of the north and south lochs are areas of remnant dune vegetation with sand sedge Care…

Winterton - Horsey Dunes

…us. The older, grey dunes support a more diverse flora with frequent sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common polypody Polypodium vulgare and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Three rare grasses are present in abundance, grey hair grass Corynephor…

Morfa Dyffryn

…and dune slacks, is of national and European importance. Marram grass Ammophila arenaria mobile dune vegetation is extensively developed, both on the fore dunes and the high ridges inland. It is here that scattered plants of the nationally scarce Portland spurge Euphorbia portlan…

Old Bodney Camp

…onecrop Sedum acre, field wood rush Luzula campestris and thyme leaved sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia. In addition the grassland areas contain several herbs more characteristic of neutral or basic soils including small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and lady’s bedstraw Galium veru…

Duddon Estuary

…he mobile and yellow dune ridges. These are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria together with sea holly Eryngium maritimum, sea spurge Euphorbia paralias and sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella. As the vegetation cover increases further inland the dunes become less mobile…

Killard

…ead saltmarsh are present. These are dominated by sedges, such as distant sedge Carex distans, long bracted sedge Carex extensa and saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus, and spike-rushes, such as few flowered spike rush Eleocharis guingueflora and slender spike rush Eleocharis unig…

Great Yarmouth North Denes

…andward lies a band of mobile dune vegetation characterised by marram Ammophila arenaria and red fescue Festuca rubra. Within this community the rare grass, rush leaved fescue Festuca arenaria is usually found. In places the mobile dune vegetation is backed by a more species rich…

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…Inland of these are actively forming dunes, dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria with sea spurge Euphorbia paralias and sea holly Eryngium maritimum. The nationally scarce dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata, a plant inhabiting open areas of mobile sand, has been found on the …

Runkerry

…d by the presence of sand couch Elytrigia juncea together with marram Ammophila arenaria, while the latter is dominated by tussocks of marram with frequent red fescue Festuca rubra. Herbs include birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and fairy flax Linum catharticum. Damper natura…

Hough Bay and Balevullin Machair

…ea rocket Cakile maritima. A narrow strip of mobile dunes with marram Ammophila arenaria transitions inland to semi-fixed dunes with marram, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, red fescue Festuca rubra and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. Further inland there is a series of fixed hummocks …

Kennack to Coverack

…Peninsula. Dominant plants here are sea couch Elytrigia atherica and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus, a basicole species absent from other Cornish dune systems has strong populations here. A host of rare plants has been recorded here, namely the RDB …

Portland Harbour Shore

…ecies include sea couch Elytrigia atherica, thrift Armeria maritima, sand sedge Carex arenaria and the local Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica. There are also patches of saltmarsh vegetation with the uncommon shrubby seablite Suaeda vera.

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…dercliff. These support an interesting acidic community dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria with smaller areas of dune heath comprising a mix of sand sedge and the heathers Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea. The slumping cliffs and cliff face springs create ephemeral ponds a…

Maidscross Hill

…mediate areas. Much of the acidic grassland is dominated by vigorous sand sedge Carex arenaria with relatively few other species. The calcareous grassland is shorter, though somewhat tussocky and is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, bent grasses Agrostis spp. and crested hai…

Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes

…marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, reedbeds, swamps dominated by lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, marshes dominated by meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria with some angelica Angelica sylvestris and alder Alnus glutinosa woodland. High land at Minsmere, Westleton and Walberswick form…

Bamburgh Dunes

…ia juncea, lyme grass Leymus arenarius and the more widespread marram Ammophila arenaria. Plants with rosettes of leaves, including common ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris and creeping thistle Cirsium arvense, grow in the shelter of these grasses along with a number of mosses including …

Deadman's Grave, Icklingham

… least some calcareous grassland species. There is one area of dense sand sedge Carex arenaria. Further variety is added to the site by the presence of mature deciduous and coniferous plantations and by young conifer plantations which still contain many grassland species. A certa…

West Stow Heath

…ep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Most are rather tall and undergrazed but a range of characteristic plant species is still present, including harebell Campanula rotundifolia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and cat's e…

Wingletang Down (St. Agnes)

…orth west of the downs. The dune grassland to the south has abundant sand sedge Carex arenaria, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and common storksbill Erodium cicutarium. There is also a small population of hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata…

Baulk Head to Mullion

…atherica but with populations of sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella, sand sedge Carex arenaria and sea-holly Eryngium maritimum also present The sand dune system further inland is the largest on the Lizard and supports a number of calcicole species, such as salad burnet Poterium …

Messingham Heath

…acetosella, bell heather Erica cinerea, heather Calluna vulgaris and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Lichens are plentiful and, with the moss Polytrichum juniperinum, cover large areas. Messingham Heath is noted for the occurrence of the grayling butterfly. Other Information During t…

Newport Cliffs

…the cliff edge amongst maritime heath. Another unexpected species is sand sedge Carex arenaria on the highest point of the cliff at Pen Morfa. Two pairs of chough breed, and small razorbill colonies totalling about 80 birds are scattered along the cliffs. Other seabirds include …

Barnhamcross Common

…dic grass heath is well developed on the eastern half of the Common. sand sedge Carex arenaria a plant of stabilised sand dunes is the main dominant, especially on the uneven terrain left by small scale gravel workings in the past. Sand sedge produces a dense, tall grassland, but…

Manton and Twigmoor

…ge Teucrium scorodonia and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, are abundant with early forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima, spring whitlow grass Erophila verna, viper’s bugloss Ech…

Monach Isles

…ich in typical plant species including lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, sand sedge Carex arenaria and bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The Isles hold more than 1% of the GB population of wintering Greenland barnacle geese and in summer about 2% of the GB population of black g…

RAF Lakenheath

…rd’s cress Teesdalia nudicaulis and sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella. Sand sedge Carex arenaria is abundant in places, where it has colonised sandy open areas. The site supports a large wild population of the nationally rare perennial knawel Scleranthus perennis, which is protecte…

Mersey Estuary

…of the saltmarsh and along the strand line, mud rush Juncus gerardi, sand sedge Carex arenaria and curled dock Rumex crispus occur. On the north side of the estuary, part of the coastline is formed by boulder clay cliffs. Portions of the cliff have become exposed by slumping and …

Skokholm

…and have a marsh flora of rushes Juncus sp. and sedges, particularly sand sedge Carex arenaria, with much marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. The island also supports a large population of sea stork’s-bill Erodium maritimum and wild pansy Viola tricolor ssp. tricolor and on the…

Foxhole Heath, Eriswell

…ame lichen and moss species. There are however some dense patches of sand sedge Carex arenaria in which little else grows. The calcareous grassland areas support a short, species rich turf, usually dominated by a combination of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koe…

Lakenheath Warren

…ittle grazing pressure in recent years. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum, sand sedge Carex arenaria and invasive trees such as Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris all dominate substantial parts of the site. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with some bent grasses Agrostis spp. are abundant acros…

Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens

…rida. Wilsford Warren is one of the few inland county localities for sand sedge Carex arenaria. Bee orchid Ophrys apifera and hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea also occur. In complete contrast to the tall sward are areas of short springy rabbit grazed turf where there is a com…

Chwareli a Glaswelltir Degannwy

…the estuary is reflected in the presence of maritime species such as sand sedge Carex arenaria. Herbs present include sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella , spring vetch Vicia lathyroides and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. The upper slopes are lightly grazed by the combined efforts of …

Rushy Bay & Heathy Hill (Bryher)

… else in great Britain. The species rich dune grassland has abundant sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea stork's bill Erodium maritimum, red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima. The nationally scarc…

Cavenham - Icklingham Heaths

…ominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina or sand sedge Carex arenaria. Sand sedge areas can be very uniform but elsewhere there are good numbers of associated plant species. These include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and…

Morfa Abererch

…arge area of dune heath vegetation, namely heather Calluna vulgaris -sand sedge Carex arenaria heath, which has developed above deposits of glacial sand and gravel. The highly leached, acidic nature of the site, combined with past management, notably burning, has also resulted in…

Ballyquintin Point

…ss Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Herbs include lady's bedstraw Galium verum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, white clover Trifolium repens, yarr…

Blaxhall Heath

…of heather and acid grassland. Bordering the road are large areas of sand sedge Carex arenaria, but elsewhere acid grassland is composed chiefly of common bent and sheep's fescue grasses with characteristic herb species such as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and harebell Campanul…

Sefton Coast

… and yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum. Mobile Dunes Marram grass Ammophila arenaria usually dominates the mobile dunes, amidst considerable areas of blown sand. Where rates of sand deposition decline, lyme grass, seaholly and cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata occur, with red fe…

Spalford Warren

…th dominated by tussocks of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sand sedge Carex arenaria developed on soils derived from postglacial blown sands. Although parts of the site have been planted with conifers, substantial areas of the original grass heath remain. Patches of hea…

Plains & Great Bay (St. Martin's)

…The dunes behind are dominated by sand couch Elytrigia juncea, marram Ammophila arenaria together with Sea holly Eryngium maritimum and the uncommon sea spurge Euphorbia paralias and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica. The species rich dune grassland further inland is particul…

Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch)

…vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. In the driest areas, sand sedge Carex arenaria is the dominant species of a remarkable sand dune flora associated with islands and ridges of sand deposited in the flood plain. A remarkable feature of the Avon Valley grasslands is th…

Leiston - Aldeburgh

… coastal Suffolk and is of varying composition. There are patches of sand sedge Carex arenaria and heather Calluna vulgaris dispersed within acid grassland. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum and scrub, notably gorse Ulex europaeus and Ulex gallii also form part of the heathland. The sh…

Lytham St Annes Dunes

…rass Leymus arenarius. The yellow dunes are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria which is the main dune forming plant and other characteristic species include sea holly Eryngium maritimum and sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, a nationally scarce species. On the landward side…

Hadston Links

…in dune ridge several waterlogged areas are colonised by stands of common sedge Carex nigra, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea or bulrush Typha latifolia with associated areas including rushes Juncus spp., meadowsweet, flat sedge Blysmus compressus, creeping cinquefoil Poten…

Foulness

…lude abundant sea holly Eryngium maritimum together with sea rocket, sand sedge Carex arenaria, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella. The low natural cliff line has a strong colony of the rare Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon. The saltmarsh and hi…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ins a classic sequence of sand couch Elytrigia juncea dune and marram Ammophila arenaria dune with sand couch and red fescue Festuca rubra. The fore dune also supports sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides scrub, although some of this has been planted as a stabilisation measure. Fur…

Eriswell Low Warren

…iety of typical Breckland plants including five rarities. An area of sand sedge Carex arenaria is evident to the south west of the site and the central part of the Warren consists of a grassland/lichen/bryophyte heath mosaic. The acidic grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Fe…

Dee Cliffs

… juncea, lyme grass Leymus arenarius, sea rocket Cakile maritima and sand sedge Carex arenaria. The marl pits contain aquatic vegetation, emergent vegetation, marshy grassland and willow carr. The aquatic vegetation includes curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, common duckweed Le…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…n; the meadows around Borough Farm with rushes Juncus species and cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus and wet grassland on a terrace of the River Wey with meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, water mint Mentha aquatica, sedges Carex species and rushes, are the most extensive examples o…

Sheigra - Oldshoremore

…dshoremore and Oldshore Beg have mature dune ridges with marram grass Ammophila arenaria while the very exposed beach at Sheigra is backed by a boulder storm beach. Plants such as sea rocket Cakile maritima and common orache Atriplex patula grow near the strandline on these beach…

Bembridge Down

…ower Greensand where subterraneum trefoil Trifolium subterraneum and sand sedge Carex arenaria are important components of the vegetation. The geological importance of the site resides in two sections of cliff; the Red Cliff, Yaverland; and the Culver headland the White cliff. T…

Silloth Dunes and Mawbray Bank

… which is best seen along the Blitterless Bank. Although marram grass Ammophila arenaria is dominant, it is probably less abundant than on many dune systems and on this site is found in association with grasses such as red fescue Festuca rubra and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensi…

Little Heath, Barnham

… taller, less species rich and often contains large patches of dense sand sedge Carex arenaria. Self set Scot's pines Pinus sylvestris have invaded a large part of the northern end of the site, whilst mixed scrub has grown up around the former military camp, near the southern bou…

Weeting Heath

…s, mostly Dicranum scoparium and Lichens Cladonia spp. with frequent sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, field wood rush Luzula campestris and Early hair grass Aira praecox. A chalk grassland flora has developed on the dry calcareous sands. The dominant grass…

Gooderstone Warren

…d during the last glaciation, occurs here. A small area dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria is also found on this part of the site, with tormentil Potentilla erecta and harebell Campanula rotundifolia associated. A shallow valley runs across the northern part of the heath and …

Morfa Dinlle

… the uncommon sand sedge, lichen-dominated sand dune community described as the Carex arenaria-Cornicularia aculeata dune community, also known as 'grey dune' or 'lichen heath'. The community supports a wealth of lichen and bryophyte species including Cladonia rangiformis, Pleuro…

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